Decorating & Organizing: The Storage Box

Anyone who knows me will attest to the fact that I love containers and putting everything in them. My bedroom is full of them and always has been. But they are more along the lines of plastic containers or old paper boxes, not the decorative variety of boxes.

So its not surprising that my taste naturally progressed towards prettier storage boxes and I can thank living in New York City during college for that! One of my favorite items that I bought in one of my favorite stores, Gracious Home my first year of college was a sleek, stylish cherry red document box by Bigso Box of Sweden. It's a good sized box (13 in x 10 in x 3 in) and was a good price: $9.99 and at school I stored a lot of paper goodies that I had bought from Borders bookstore in the Shops at Columbus Circle, another of my favorite haunts.

These days as I am back at home in Washington state, I store some random items such as envelopes; a small unused photo album; thin, striped notebooks; a thick pink fashion themed spiral notebook; highlighters and pens. I love the way this box is big enough to store my desktop odds and ends neatly in one central location.

For anyone one who has a hard time wrangling items on their desk and keeping them neat, a box like this would be a great idea. Get one in your favorite color or pattern. Bigso Box of Sweden, Michael's, Target, Bed, Bath & Beyond, The Container Store and Ikea have boxes similar to mine and a wide range of other boxes in sizes to fit all organizational needs.